Details
Jacob Loose sits in the backseat of a horse-drawn carriage with a driver on the front seat in front of the Tzar bell in Moscow, Russia, in a cobblestone plaza. The bell has a large chunk broken out of it that leans against the side of the pedestal the bell sits upon. Other men stand around the bell. Buildings are in view behind the bell.
Date Published
1895 to 1900
Subjects
Notes
No date; possibly late 1890s
Handwritten on back in pencil, "Czar Bell - Next to bell tower of "Ivan the Great." Wt - 200 tons. Largest metal bell in the world. 6.14 meters high. 6.6 meters diameter. Cast by 200 craftsmen under supervision of Ivan Motorin and son, Mikhaiil. During great fire of 1737 the bell lay in its casting pile. Because of uneven coolery resulting from attempts to distinguish fire, the bronze cracked and a chunk weighing 11.5 tons broke off. After that the bell remained in the earth for almost 100 years. In 1836 architect Auguste Montiferrand raised it & put it on a granite pedestal. Surface finely worked with in relief with decorative patterns, embossed pictures & inscriptions."
Digitizing agency: University of Missouri—Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.
Extent Of Original
1 photograph : black and white print ; 32 x 26 cm
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Source File
umkc_lsc_loose_photo-455.tif
Physical Location
LaBudde Special Collections
Rights
Copyright Undetermined
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Rights
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